Drug-Induced Rectal Bleeding: Xarelto Side Effects

Xarelto or rivaroxaban is a drug that helps in the thinning of blood. These drugs are normally known as blood thinners or anticoagulants. This medication is an oral drug that is being developed by Bayer and Johnson & Johnson’s unit called Janssen Pharmaceuticals which is based in New Jersey. Blood thinners basically help in preventing hazardous blood clots that can result in obstructions in the blood flow to the fundamental organs from the heart. Xarelto is a newer anticoagulant that unlike older anticoagulants does not require the doctor to prescribe a specific dose depending on the individual condition of a patient.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Xarelto in the year 2011 to be prescribed to patients who have undergone hip or knee replacement surgery in order to decrease the threat of potential blood clots, to reduce the risk of a potential stroke in people suffering with AF along with the healing of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

Xarelto has some very serious potential side effects which you should be aware of before you start taking it. One of these is experiencing unusual bleeding, or bleeding that won't stop or clot. This can be especially dangerous if the bleeding is near essential internal organs as it can affect the blood flow and cause the organ to not work properly and in severe cases cease to function completely. Difficulty in clotting causes risks of easy bruising and internal blood pooling. These effects will continue until Xarelto is completely out of your body. Rectal bleeding is serious enough, but if this part of the body refuses to stop bleeding, it can lead to a hemorrhage that can be life threatening. The signs of rectal bleeding may include bloody stools, as well as red or black and tarry stools.

Xarelto is notorious for inducing rectal bleeding but it is important to keep in mind that in order to receive compensation for the side effects(xarelto side effects lawyers), the sufferer must have been admitted to a hospital for rectal bleeding.

He must also have been taking the medication actively when the side effects were noticed. If he was off the medication, it must have been for a very short time period i.e. less than a week. This is because the half life of this medication is pretty short, so if the sufferer was off of it for an extended time period then it becomes extremely difficult to prove that the rectal bleeding event was a side effect of Xarelto.

The Meldofsky Firm deals with defective device and dangerous drug injury cases. They go an extra mile to provide their clients with the resources and services they need to seek compensation following an injury or wrongful death. They work with clients from all over the United States who’ve suffered injuries from Xarelto.